probably most people saw you when you sang for the inauguration of president back obama. >> oh, absolutely. >> hinojosa: you sang "a change is going to come." >> more people than had ever seen me to date. >> hinojosa: you were incredibly excited about being on that stage. >> oh, for sure. there were so many things happening to me that weren't happening to anyone else on the entire show. and if you remember, there were a lot of people there. i was the only one... was the only performer who was born in segregation on the show. my career is the exact same age as the president, so... and it was the first time that that many people had ever seen me. it was one of the biggest breaks i've ever had in my career, and then we were having the first black president. so a lot of stuff was going on for me. >> hinojosa: and when you realized that in fact this audience that you have basically been looking for since 1962 as a singer, that you had it that day, millions upon millions of people, what goes on at that moment when it's like... it's, like, your moment? >> you've got to sing. no, i mean, it was re